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Reading and ELA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The turning point of the story? | Climax |
| The time and place of the action in a literary work is called the? | Setting |
| Is the struggle between opposing forces, such as two people fighting or the problem of the story. | Conflict |
| The ————— is any event that occur after the resolution | Denouement |
| The use of clues that suggest or predict what will occur later in the story? | Foreshadowing |
| A writer’s attitude toward his or her subject is called the | Tone |
| The feeling created in the reader by the literary work? | Mood |
| The ——- is the central message of literary work. It is a generalization about human beings. | Theme |
| A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. | Allusion |
| Anyone that stands for or represents something else is called ——-? | Symbol |
| Is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. An example is: “what happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? | Alliteration |
| The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples are: crash, bang, clang. | Onomatopoeia |
| A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics An example is: “ sorrow walked through my door and sat down next to me. | Personification |
| A figure of speech in which two things are compared without the use of like or as. Example: On the football team, the defensive line was as cold as a concrete wall. | Metaphor |
| A figure of speech in which two things are compared with the use of like or as. Example; On the football team, the defensive line was as solid as a concrete wall. | Simile |
| The main character in a literary work. | Protagonist |
| The character or force in conflict with the main character in a literary work. | Antagonist |
| The point of view when a character tells the story, and the reader knows only what this character feels and sees. | Third person limited |
| The point of view when an voice outside of the work or text tells the story, and the reader can tell what any character thinks and feels. | Third person omniscient |
| The sequence of events or what happens in a story | Plot |